Policies, Institutions, and Markets

PIM leads action-oriented research to support policies that help poor farmers, men and women, improve their lives; produce nutritious and affordable foods; and protect the soil, water, and biodiversity in rural landscapes.

Innovation for Inclusive Value-Chain Development: Successes and Challenges uses case studies to examine a range of value-chain development (VCD) experiences. This book helps fill knowledge gaps about how well VCD has performed, related trade-offs or undesired effects of VCD, and which combinations of VCD elements are most likely to reduce poverty and deliver on development goals.